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4 Prosperous Charge.

The N. f. church at Union. Gloucester
county, has prospered greatly under the
three years pastorate of Rev. A. J. Greg
DRY. whose term expires by limitation this
spring. 1SS have protested conversion
during his pastorate about seventy five
per cent Of whom have been received into
full membership. The membership Of the
church has increased over one-third, and
the church property has been greatly i'm
proved and cleared of all debt.
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Verdanf.


This didn't happen in Woodstown but il
will do to tell all the same.
A lady who resides on Delaware avenue
has girl in her employ fresh from some
region far removed from the theatre.
Thinking to give the girl grand treat,
and knowing that she had never seen a
theatre, the lady purchased ticket for a
play at the Opera House. The girl went,
but returned before o'clock.
s'What is the matter? Did you not like
it p asked the mistress.
''Oh, liked it ever So much; it's fine
painting
But inquired her mistress. why
have you returned so soon Surely you
didn't see it all.
eyes, ma am, did. | went in and sat
down and looked at the large picture hang
ing up in front People kept coming in,
and pretty soon there was quite crowd,
all looking at the picture. Then they took
it away, and some men and women went
to talking up there where it had oeen
about something that didn't concern me,
so got up and came home. But did en-
10Y the picture She had been looking
at the drop cartain.
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SHERIFES SALE
OF
REAL ESTATE

IN oHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY
Between
Robert X. Wright, g Guardian of
NJ. Howard ones, ColBpit.. ftcfI racias
and John q. Hummel, ell
ny Ell al, Defeniants.
BY virtue OF the above stated writ, 10 me ds-
reeted and delivered, will sell public VEN
due in front of the Court House, in the city uf
salem, n J :, on
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VENDUE
Monday, February Il, 1887
ON the farm NOW occupied b. him IN
QIAkEE NECk.

'"SH~NJ5 SNi ~S~t &t1 soCE ,
on the farm NOW occupied By him in
QUAKER NECK,
Near The civ OF SsIen all The following de-
scflDed stock and ariniDg Utensils, tO-wit:
STOCK head Of horses consisting Of one
iron gray horse, coming 4 years old, Norrnan
stock, a good driver; bay horse, coming
years Old, Happy Medium stock, bids fair to
make q trOtter: black horse II years old good
for al work; bay mare, 10 years Old, an ex-
eelient driver: ] black mare and / gray mare,
good team for work; two-year-old Lakewood
colt, II head Of COWS, ! bull, II shoats.
~ AGONS.-Market wagon, carriage. cart
and gears, plantation wagons, cutter. ? lime
bodies, : sets sides and bottoms, stalk sled.
sleigh and bells.
eye reaper and Binder, nearly new; Buckeye
mower, Hreen Castle drill, good as new; hay
tedder, sulseyrtlte, field roller, piows, .
Chew Moore. l steel, " lard; taii0w mar
rows, corn marker, corn coVeref, ? cultiYatOrs,
new taumill, corn shelters, sets hayshelV-
ings; also dragchain, 2 oxclIains, = ladders, Il
and . feet IN length; broadaxe, hoIingiixe.
choppingaNe, post augers and crank, hay
rope, CROW bars, tussicking hoes, large lot ~
hoes, forks, shovels, rakes, posfspade, large
cleaVer, Deeftree, strefcher and screws, bi1ar
scythe, moving seythe and sneaf hes, large
iron boilers, 70 and 30 gallons capacity; ? hog
hooks, I0f OF scrapers for scfapin9 hogs,
stalk knives, beatIe and wedges, 40 new grain
bags, large lot of carpenter tools, lot of ham
HeTs and wrenches 2 dung1mgs, good hog
trough. 3 pork barrels cider barrels ) lard
1irkins. loi Of old baskets and boxes, large lot
OF chicken eoops and screens. double dog
apartments for birds: good farm dogs.
HARM ESS.-G sets OF haffchain gears, set
single harness, sets double lines, brides,
collars, hynets, blankets &c. Lot of turhes,
hens ana gobbiers; lot OF chickens. several for
breeders. oDe-half 30 acres of " heat in the
ground about 800 bushels Of corn, on the cob:
lot of Early Rose and Burbank potatoes, both
large and small; 8 tons Of clover and timothy
hay, and tons Of herd and timothy hay.
BOI sEHOID GOODS goose feather beds,
hen feather bed lot bedding, 1 bedsieads,
eloines-horses, Effect extension table, good
writiBg-desk washstand, large map OF New
Jersey, Is dozen Windsor chairs, tables,
small gun, target rifle, all in good order: one
large cook stove, No. 5, and fixtures; small
bedroom stove, bread and cake board, SAT-
sage cutter and stuffer milk paiis, lot of milk
pans and stfainer, cream kettle, ; water kegs
II hives of good bees, lot OF empty hives.
CONDITIONS. under SO cash, over
$40 credit Of year, note and approved se-
curly If required.
Sale to commence AT u o'clock, NJ
JOHN BAhER.
MA CASPER, Auctfaneer
Il. b. WOOD Clerk. FebJsf
Also at the same time and place. or 5 v,iu
BA. ADDINGT0N
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Trains going uorth.-1.2f ana s.l3 a; ~, ITO
aud 4.04 P NJ. sundays, 7.42 A. NJ ana lag ~ Ma
Trains going south.-9.29 A. NJ 10 f''' ''ii'
G.5OP NJ sundays, SIS a. NJ. and 6-4e 7. NJ 20
Trains leave Pliiadelphia.--Si0 A. NJ, l'S'' or"
.nd s3apM sundays. Is 90 A. NJ. and 5l5 p. NJ.
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House and Lot
PRIVATE SALE.

THE underS Igned offers al private sale that
desirable property I'm south " oodStnwn mean
the pond, non owned and occupied BY him
The improvements consist Of a comfortable
dwelling, with three rooms ard enclosed SHE'D
floor. with good barn in the rear of lot. The
lot comprises about 4 siscfe. Persons desiring
10 view the property. or sishiRg further intof
nation, nrly apply on the premises 70
ID. q. ttDBE.
or Ia jtlff< s. Elm ELL
Jan.l1-if AorketoMn, a.
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zlicd.

WATSON .--spddenly, in Philadelphia, on
the morning of 18th instant Edward j. Wat
son, atfOrney-at- Funeral this Friday
18th instant. at , O'Clock, from his mothers
residence, ls24 south Fifth street
DAN ENPORT.-In W0odStown, Feb. 9th,
seymour, only son of Lewis and AlInira
Davenport, aged Is months.
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FINE RESIDENCE
PUBLIC SALE.
VIII he sold AT public sale, on
Seventh Day, the 9Th Day Of 3rd Month,

March $50 in front of Joshua Moore's Store
in North " oodstown, Mt , O'Clock in the after
nonu.t
That fine residence near by, and opposite the
Bacon Academy, formerly occupied by MARY
Ann " oolnam The lot contains 42-lUa OF nh
acre * finely located and has apple. pear and
nluna trees thereon. The house has three
stories with manstrd root veranda in front
and presents r fine appearance, having beisn
built bnt Il few years. There is a parlor din
ing-room, kitchen, pantry and pumproons,
OH first floor. Four bedrooms and bathroom.
with hot and cold water, on second floor. and
three bedrooms on third floor. Cellar under
the whole house. with dumb waiter. ftlfi-
more heater that heats three rooms.
This property i well worth The attention Of
any one wanting quiet home, Vet ~ = pubhe
place in the thriving borough Of WnodstoMn
Those wanting to view the premises Will ha
shown the same by calling on II. 7. Noolnrlss
near by. Conditions at sale by
gEU BEN WOOI.MAN,
Executor Of Mary Ann Woolman, deed.
Dated 1st no 5ih, ISL
Feb48t
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Oflice hours 90 A. NJ. TO 500 p M.
once honrs for money order business, a. IN.
To p. N. 40 =, 4, 10 ava
MAILs-CIose nj IA and SWi A. NJ, lZ.p1 ana
D.. -. krrivc at g;g A. NJ, 800 and 100 l.. NJ.
SALEM NJ Arrs-Close at 9.l9 A. NJ. ana i.io p. NJ
ARR VI. ut r. J3 and Az p. NJ.
SuARProwN MAILs-Close at $50 A. NJ. Arrive
nj 30 A NJ.
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Township Matters.

The following is an abstract Of the fnan-
cial report of the township Of Pilesgrove
for the year ending Feb. 10, 1887:
TREASURES REPORT.
bal. on hand last year, 5000 IL
Received from ia xes of 1SSj Also
township collector, 27l7.62
other sources lI.J0
cR GI+l20
Township orders paid out, 2sl0.00
Bal on hand SSsa4 20
The amount of tax assessed for 1886 was
$40, 1872. 80, of which s146S4 was paid TO
the County Collector; $l57l.22 was offset
for road work; 500 taken off by Commits
sioners of Appeal; s1as by Township Com
mittee, and s5S1.27 remained uncollected.
There was expended for roads S210s. GA;
for poor, 1852. "a; sheep and other animals
killed by dogs, s230.15; salaries, fees and
other expenses, S1,11S.91.
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Granulated Sugar, 3! cts. per pound, at
L. b. Humphreys y Co.
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Given away best Headlight oil, at E. b.
Humphreys y Co.
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pnEsGRovE LIBRARY AND READlNa Room.

OPEN SATURDAYS FROM b.oU 10 H.Vu II NJ
Second story Riiey's Building.
Membership fees .'T20O
Permits granted for the use OF books AT .
per week, on application 10 any of the trustees
+. ;. FoGG, secretary.
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sales.

Jos. T. Sitley. of Woodbury., has bought
the Clark farm Mt Paryins Mill. this
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Also at the same time and place. or yalu
BA kDDINGT0N.
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\ large crowd Of New Jersey excursioni-tr
from NineIand, Minville. salem and other
towns were in Washington seeing the sights
his week. They return TODAY
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out. Engineer Knight, whether from
natural impulsiveness, or at q signal from
Andrews, rose also and went out with him.
These two got off on the side next to the
camp, and opposite the depot. They
walked forward at an ordinary pace until
abreast of the locomotive, which they saw
at glance to be vacant-engineer and fire.
man had gone to breakfast. That was very
good Andrews walked q few steps further
forward with Knight still at his side, I'M
til he could see ahead of the engine that
the track was clear as far rs u curve q
little way up the road which closed the
view. Then they turned and walked back
until just in advance Of the first baggage
car and behind the three empty freight
cars, when Andrews said with a nod,
"Uncouple here and wait for me-" knight
drew out the pin and carefully laid it on
the draw bar. Andrews came back to the
door of our car and opening it said
in his ordinary tone, rot q shade louder or
more hurried than USUAL "Comc on, Logs;
it is time to go now" Our hearts gave
great bound at the word, but we rose
quietly and followed him. Nothing in
this was likely to attract the attention of
the few passengers who still remained in
the car; but il mattered little, for the time
of concealment was now past Andrews
glided forward very swiftly, md knight,
seeing him coming, hurried on before and
jumped on the engine, where he at once
cut the bell rope and, seizing the throttle
bar, stood leaning forward with tense
muscles, and eye fixed On the face of his
leader.
Andrews did net follow, but stood n
step back from the locomotive with one
at III
they ran forward. Brown and Wilson
the other engineer and flreman) darted
forward at the top of their speed and took
their post beside knight on the engine.
AS soon as the rest of us reached the hind
most box car we saw that its door was
wide open. Whether this was a mere
happy accident, or whether, rs is more
likely Andrews had gone forward before
we reached the station and opened 1t, with
his usual audacity, L do not know. But
he motiOned with his hand to us saying,
"Get in! Get inl' We needed no urging.
The floor was breast high, but the hind
most showed and lifted the foremost and
were themselves pulled up in turn. i
helped to throw Shadrack up and had my
arm almost pulled off as 1 was dragged in
by him second after. All this time n
sentry was standing not dozen feet from
the engine quietly watching, as IL this was
the most ordinary proceeding, and num-
Der of other soldiers were idling but
short distance away. All this work was
Of seconds only, and as the last man was
being pulled in, Andrews stepped on
board, and nodded to Knight, who had
never taken his eyes from his face. Quick
rs flash the valve was thrown open and
the steam giant unchained!-but for an
instant which seemed terribly long the 10
connective seemed to stand still; Knight
had thrown the full power on too sud-
denly, and the wheels slipped on the
track, whirling with swift revolutions and
the hiss of escaping steam, before the in
crtia of the ponderous machine could be
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overcome. But this was an instant only;
none of the soldiers had time to raise their
muskets, give an alarm, or indeed to re-
cover from their stupor before the wheels
bit" and the train shot away as If fired
from cannon!
We were now flying on our perlous
journey. The door of the box car was
pulled shut to guard against any shot that
might be fired, and while partially opened
atterward to give us some view of what
was passing, it was always closed again
whenever we neared station.
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DARING and SUFFERING.
A History of the Andrews Railroad
Raid Into Georgia in 1862.
The Most Heroic and Tragic Episode
of the Civil War.

It was n thrilling moment when the
conductor called out, "Big Shantyi twenty
minutes for breakfastp' and we could see
the white tents of the rebel troops and
even the guards slowly pacing their beats
Big Shanty now called Kenesaw) had
been selected for the seizure because il
was breakfast station, and because it
had no telegraph Office When Andrews
had been here on the previous expedition,
few troops were seen, but the number was
now greatly increased. 1t is difficult to
tell just how many were actually here,
for they were constantly coming and
going; but there seems to have been three
or four regiments, numbering not far
from 1000 men each. They were en-
camped almost entirely on the west side
of the road, but their camp guard included
the railroad depot. AS soon as the train
stopped, the conductor, engineer, fireman,
and most Of the passengers hurried for
breakfast into the long low shed on the
east side Of the road, which gave the place
les name No guard whatever was left
q fortunate circumstance for us, bllt not
ut all unusual on southern roads even
when not so well guarded by soldiers as
this train was. Now was our opportu-
nity yet for moment we were COM
pointed signal by our leader. 1t required
II strong effort of will to keep from rush
ing forward. We had no desire for eating
rs we saw the passengers leaving their
seats around us and pouring in to break
fast The moments seemed hours; for we
knew that when the signal was given, we
must do our work in less than half a min
ute or be slaughtered on the spot; we also
knew that any one of us who failed to get
on board with the rest would be lost but
we did not know how long during the
twenty minutes Andrews would wait. If
anything could be gained by waiting five
or ten minutes we were sure that he, with
his marvellous GOODNESS, would wait and
expect us to do the same. II seemed al
ready considerable interval for tho last
passenger who wanted breakfast had left
the train and disappeared within the
room.
But Andrews did not mean delay. He
had been absent from the car for time as
we came up the road and had only Just
returned, and taken his scat close to the
door. Now he quietly rose, and without
turning his head toward us, stepped to
the door with the crowd that was pouring
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The best liked by children and
paren's Of all the religious papers Tor
children, The Pansy, cones again
with its freight OF pictures and stories
We call it religious because its n otive
is that-religion is never forgotten
on any page of it. Nevertheless it
engages young children as well as
their fathers and mothers. There
are few religious publications of
which the same can BE- said, "Nev
ertheiesS" We said; and the word is
the right one The religious teachers
always have before them is How to
enlist the young They fail nine
times in ten The Pansy succeeds
1t is said TO be the most successful
chiId's magazine for the wears from
eight to fifteen, the Sunday School
age The publishers, ID Lolhrop
Company, Boston, will send IL copy
on receipt of five cents BY the way,
this number begins new volume and
contains remarkable premium list
There must be hundreds of pictures
in 1t Of things the children can have
for Cooking about among their
neighbors liItle," that is, taking
subscriptions We never saw such a
Premium List 1t is worthy of Pansy
and Wide Awake and all the rest Of
'eml
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r aides are offered plain needlework Mt
l their owl homes (tOwn or country by
III Wholesale house Profitable. genuine Good
pay can be made Everything furnished
Particulars free Address Artistic Ncedlework
Cp, 1875 Sth street, New York
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THE WESTERN ATLANTIC or GEORGIA
STATE LINE RAILROAD.
egram to Atlanta could very soon start
train after us, but it would be forty or
fifty miles behind; and long before il
could come up bridges would DC burned,
the track and telegraph cut and the road
completely destroyed. We expected TO
run on our regular time to Kingston,
which would thus take about two hours,
but to obstfuct the track ut several places
on the way; then with the local freight
safely passed, hurry on to the Oostenaula
Tor Resacd bridge, twenty-four miles
further, in half an hour more, burn that,
and sweep on over the eleven bridges of
the Chickamauga, and leaving them I'm
flames (also the one of the East Tennessee
road, over the same stream), pass by
Chattanooga on the "Y" running over
to the Memphis and Charleston road and
press as rapidly as possible westward to
Bridgeport, and on to Mitchell, wherever
he might be. It will be seen that leaving
out Of account any accident to our train,
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CHAPTER ".

THE FIRST STAGE or THE RUN NORTHwARD.
Various manifestations of triumph were
made rs soon us we were off. Dorsey
sprang to his feet, crying: "Boys! we are
done playing reb. now! We are out and
out Yankees from this time on" But
George ID. Wilson, who WAS older than
the rest of us, cautioned him, saying;
Don't be too fast, Dorsey; we're not out
Of the woods yet"
And indeed it soon seemed rs if we
were to have serious trouble at the out
set The engine ran slower and slower,
until it finally came to full stop. We
were not yet far from camp. There had
been just one burst of speed, and then
this sickening and alarming failure of
power. We asked eagerly of those for
ward what it meant, and the answer was
far from reassuring-"The steam has
gone down" In q few moments we
learned tho reason. The hampers were
closed on the engine fires when the stop
for Big Shanty was made, and they were
not opened by our boys in the hurry of
the start; consequently, the fire was al
most out A little oil and some fresh
wood promptly mended matters. No time
was lost while stopping here in this en-
forced manner, for we had started ahead
of time, ard had leisure to obstruct TIE
track. The telegraph wire was also cut
This was necessary, for though there was
no office at Big Shanty, n portable battery
might be found, or II swift messenger lie
sent back to Marietta, and n single light
ming flash ahead would blight our fonGcst
hopes. Breaking wire is not as easy as
it seems; but we adopted plan which
worked all day, and took up no time that
was not also utilized for other purposes.
John Scott, who was agile as IL cat, ran up
the pole, and knocking Off the insulating
box at the top, swung down OH it. A
small saw found on the engine easily cut
the tightly stretched wire close to the box.
This did not take more than one or two
minutes.
At this first stop Andrews, who had
not shared our uneasiness about the fire
in the engine, came back and clasped our
hands in ecstasy, manifesting more excite
ment than ever saw in him before; eX-
claiming that we had the enemy now at
such disadvantage that he could not harm
us or save himself. ''When we have
passed one more train" he declared,
"we'll have no hindrancc, and then we'll
put the engine at full speed, burn the
bridges after us, dash through Chatta-
nooga and on to Mitchell at Huntsville.
We have ;hc upper hand of the rebels for
oncer'
BY saying that we had only one more
train to pass before doing this, Andrews
did not mean that there was but one train
coming toward us. There were three,
which had already left Chattanooga; but
only the first Of these, q local freight,
which might be met at any POINT between
this and Kingston, was q real obstacle.
Andrews knew the time schedule Of the
other two, and could plan to meet them at
any given station, even if VIC werc far
ahead of our own time. Had there been
none but these three trains his triumph
ing would have been well warranted.
The following Is the basis upon which
Andrews made his calculations: He be-
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Commissioners Notice.

In the matter of the estate of Cynthia +
Pease late of the City of Cwosso, deceased.
We, the undersigned, having been appointed
in and for the County of Shiawassee, State OF
Michigan, commissioners to receive, examine
and adjust all claims and demands of all per-
tice that we will meet at the Office of Percy
Edwards in the city of Owosso, Shiawassee
county, Mich. in said county, on Monday the
day of April. A ID 1888, ut ten o'clock in the
forenoon of each of said days, for the purpose
of receiving and adjusting all claims against
said estate, and that six months from the
27th day of October, 1887, are allowed to
creditors to present their claims to said COM
nhssioners for adjustment and allowance.
Dated the eth day of October, A ID 1887.
WILLIAM II ANDRUS,
JAMES S. COLBY,
Commissioners.
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This capture was n wonderful triumph.
To seize train of cars i'll an enemy's
camp, surrounded by thousands of sol
diers, and carry it off without u shot fired
or an angry gesture, was a marvellous
There are times when
whole years of intense enjoyment seem
into a single moment. 1t was
so with us then.
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lieved that no en-
CINE courl be had
for pursuit nearer to
Big Shanty than
Kin gstOn on the
north, or Atlanta
on the south, each
about thirty miles
distant. If the rebels
pursued toward
Kingston the best
they could do was
to follow us OH fleet
horses, and the time,
allowing for delay
in starting and the
state of the roads,
could not well be
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n knife blade thrust in the silk globe over
head, or the slightest tear in the delicate
fabric, will in II second take away the
security of the man in the clouds So the
loosening of II bolt, or the breaking of n
wheel would leave us powcrless in the
midst of our deadly enemies. twas such
possibilities, always SO near, that inn
parted thrilling interest to our passage
through towns and fields and woods In
the heart of the enemy's couptrv.
I" he C0ntnaod1
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IMPORTANT,

When you visit or leave New York City, save
Baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire and stop at
the Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand CeGtral
Depot.
Elegant rooms fitted up at cost of one million
dollars, reduced to $500 and upwards per day.
European plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied
with the best. Horse cars, stages and elevated rail-
road to all depots Families live better for less
money at the Gland Union Hotel than at any
other, frst-class hotel in the city